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Table 5 Community Capacity for the Prevention of Dengue Among the Study Participants

From: Health seeking behaviours, dengue prevention behaviours and community capacity for sustainable dengue prevention in a highly dengue endemic area, Sri Lanka

Domains

Very

High

n

(%)

High

n

(%)

Moderate

n

(%)

Low

n

(%)

Very low

n

(%)

Not sure

n

(%)

Domains

1

Critical situation management ability of the community for dengue management

28

(5.6%)

68

(13.7%)

263

(53%)

129

(26.0%)

5

(1%)

3

(0.6%)

2

Personal leadership ability of the community

32

(6.5%)

47

(9.5%)

123

(24.8%)

282

(56.9%)

12

(2.4%)

0

(0%)

3

Health care provider’s capacity of the area

63

(12.7%)

151

(30.4%)

251

(50.6%)

22

(4.4%)

7

(1.4%)

2

(0.4%)

4

Need assessment for dengue prevention activities of the area

40

(8.1%)

117

(23.6%)

262

(52.8%)

66

(13.3%)

5

(1.0%)

6

(1.2%)

5

Sense of the community as dengue is a problem of the area

62

(12.5%)

84

(16.9%)

169

(34.1%)

90

(18.1%)

78 (15.7%)

13

(2.6%)

6

Leader group networking of the area

35

(7.1%)

132

(26.6%)

187

(37.7%)

115 (23.2%)

13 (2.6%)

14 (2.8%)

7

Communication of dengue information of the area

30

(6%)

121

(24.4%)

222

(44.8%)

95

(19.2%)

11

(2.2%)

17 (3.4%)

8

Community leadership on Dengue prevention of the area

41

(8.3%)

137

(27.6%)

189

(38.1%)

109

(22.0%)

9

(1.8%)

11 (2.2%)

9

Religious leader capacity of the area

54

(10.9%)

204

(41.1%)

194

(39.1%)

29

(5.8%)

7

(1.4%)

8

(1.6%)

10

Leader group and community networking of the area

38

(7.7%)

126

(25.4%)

216

(43.5%)

99

(20.0%)

3

(0.6%)

14

(2.8%)

11

Resource mobilization for dengue prevention activities of the area

38

(7.7%)

122

(24.6%)

228

(46.0%)

98 (19.8%)

3

(0.6%)

7

(1.4%)

12

Dengue working group of your area

74

(14.9%)

168

(33.9%)

152

(30.6%)

88

(17.7%)

5

(1.0%)

9

(1.8%)

13

Community participation of the area

55

(11.1%)

150

(30.2%)

196

(39.5%)

82

(16.5%)

2

(0.4%)

11

(2.2%)

14

Continuity of activities on dengue prevention of the area

62

(12.5%)

88

(17.7%)

183

(36.9%)

142

(28.6%)

5

(1.0%)

16

(3.2%)